Keyboard and Mouse Vs Controllers - The War Is Over

The ultimate gaming debate, why not just have both options? Here's how thanks to the GameSir VX AimBox alongside good old developer support.

[CaptainHenry916]

For FPS and strategy games I always use mouse and keyboard but for third person view and fighting games it's always a controller

[PurpHerbison]

Any particular reason?

[XbladeTeddy]

Many reasons. Being able to aim for the persons eye balls with pixel precision (and most importantly with speed) is one reason for using a mouse for FPS games. Also, navigation in strategy games is obviously more precise and just quick and to the point.

[Kornholic]

@XbladeTeddy

That "pixel precision" is just a power fantasy.

[Babadook7]

Why not both?

Because mouse and keyboard gives an advantage, and many don’t enjoy using it for gaming regardless.

[XbladeTeddy]

@ Kornholic: It's no fantasy. An example would be if a fly was walking around your screen. With a mouse you could follow it with precision, speed and ease no matter how fast it turn and moves. It's all to do with DPI.

[Kornholic]

@XbladeTeddy

No you could not. That is exactly the type of power fantasy I was referring to.

[RazzerRedux]

Same here. I can’t stand FPS with a controller. I can’t stand third person with mouse and keyboard either.

[MadLad]

It depends on the games. Obviously FPS almost always plays better on M/K.
But I played the Gears series on M/K and it kind of just felt better than on controller for me.

[RazzerRedux]

I would definitely be more inclined to play TPS with KBM than FPS with controller so I can get that, but controller still feels more natural in third person.

[Sunny12345]

For fighting games I go with arcade sticks, just can't get same level of combos with controller. Action/adventure on controller. Fps on m&k.

[CaptainHenry916]

I forgot about the Hori arcade sticks. I think those are more for hard-core fighting fans though not really for casual gamers

[got_dam]

Agreed. Stealth games ALWAYS get controller. Anything where precise movement speed is a requirement. Keyboard leaves you with walking speeds of too slow, or too loud. No in between.

[RickRoland]

FPS games will always be best on a mouse and keyboard. The precision and speed is unmatched.

[Fntastic]

Goldeneye and Perfect Dark were the last FPS games i enjoyed (with no choice) with a controller. PC with mouse and keyboard is much better for any first person game, then you have management games and strategy etc..

[nickanasty206]

Gamsir is trash compared to XIM Apex. If you ever go M/K adapter, get the XIM Apex, a much better device.

[plmkoh]

Why does it have to be K+M vs controllers?

I use a joystick controller and mouse for PC games. Or if you're on a budget you can hold a console controller with one hand and a mouse in the other.

[Knightofelemia]

I tried to keyboard and mouse a game like L4D2 on PC I just can do it I get mixed up so easily. I am just so use to a controller kudos to those that can keyboard and a mouse so easily.

[gold_drake]

this.
i find it so difficult to use a mouse and/or a keyboard my god. ill never understand haha.

[Bladesfist]

It just takes a while to get used to it, you lose the skill if you don't do it for a while as well. I am completely useless at FPS with a controller now as I don't play those games with that input but I would probably get better after a few months.

[DMgHalt]

If i had to choose between m/k or controller for a racing game, i'd have to go with controller because you can partially press R2 for certain acceleration whereas with m/k it's just on/off with a button press.

[Bladesfist]

Neither input is super ideal for racing games though I do agree controller is better, wheel and pedals is the way to go. Just like a HOTAS + Head Tracker is the way to go for flight simulators.

[KillBill]

It depends what you are used to. Though keyboard & mouse offer better aim with mouse... controller offers better over-all movement while suffering with aim due thumb stick use. I used to be a PC gamer and it was all well and fine but when I moved from PC to console gaming my preference has turned to controller. Halo is the game that really brought for me the enjoyment of FPS with controller. Things I can't stand today though are devs trying to use pointer mechanics for controls on console. Most annoying thing for me on recent generation games.

[ufo8mycat]

Use to be Mouse & Keyboard for me. Now, controller all the way.

Mouse + Keyboard = Easy/Scrub mode. Because of the high precision/ease of aim with a mouse, it takes minimal skill to aim with a mouse, thus at least IMO, leads to unsatisfying gameplay, especially with FPS games. "Got a headshot". No satisfaction in this as I am using a high precision device which is assisting this for me, making it easy.

Controller - Actually has a learning curve and you need quite a bit of skill and hand/eye coordination to aim well with a controller and getting headshots? Oh so satisfying. This is of course with auto aim disabled and aim assist turned all the way down.

The only con with this is the learning curve can be steep. I first remember playing a FPS with a controller and trying to aim and was like "How the hell do you expect me to aim with this". Now, it's just quite natural. It will never reach the peak in precision of a mouse, but it reaches a point where you can aim without too much effort and not to mention it's more rewarding.

Not to mention controller provides such much better immersion.

[Bladesfist]

Yes but everyone benefits so it remains an even playing field. It doesn't really matter so much with games that have skill based match making as if you can't hit your shots nor can your enemies, if you can then they can.

[VariantAEC]

K/M being superior is such a fallacy it's ridiculous.
We need to get over that crap. I played the BF4 beta on my old laptop (at <4FPS) with a gamepad and was still getting kills which is just ridiculous. Now obviously that was more luck and I obviously died way more because I was seriously limited by poor hardware my entire PC more than my input choices there, but still!
I'm sure if my PC was able to run the game at 60FPS my controller was wired and laptop hardwired to the network I'd have died a lot less using a controller. That said I'm really out of practice using M/K for FPS so it feels really fast and I'd likely be less accurate using that controller method furthermore M/K is just pure garbage for games I generally like playing more often on PCs like driving and flying sims.